Photos: Kurdish men and women practise yoga on Mount Azmar in Iraq

Muhammad Sherzade (C), a Kurdish Iraqi yoga instructor, leads a group of men and women on a hike on Mount Azmar, which overlooks the northern city of Sulaimaniya in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.

Kurdish Iraqi men and women practise yoga on Mount Azmar. Yoga instructor Muhammad Sherzade, who established his school in the region in 2016, says that an increasing number of people are joining his classes following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

Kurdish men and women practise yoga on Mount Azmar, which overlooks the northern city of Sulaimaniya in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.

Yoga instructor Muhammad Sherzade trains a group of men and women on Mount Azmar.

Muhammad Sherzade leads a group of men and women on a hike on Mount Azmar.

Kurdish Iraqi women practice meditation on Mount Azmar, which overlooks the northern city of Sulaimaniya in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on July 19, 2020. - According to kurdish Iraqi Yoga instructor Muhammad Sherzade, an increasing number of people joined his classe since he established his school in the region in 2016, following the outbreak earlier this year of the coronavirus epidemic. (Photo by Shwan MOHAMMED / AFP)

Kurdish Iraqi men and women practice yoga on Mount Azmar, which overlooks the northern city of Sulaimaniya in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on July 19, 2020. - According to kurdish Iraqi Yoga instructor Muhammad Sherzade, an increasing number of people joined his classe since he established his school in the region in 2016, following the outbreak earlier this year of the coronavirus epidemic. (Photo by Shwan MOHAMMED / AFP)

Kurdish Iraqi men and women practice meditation on Mount Azmar, which overlooks the northern city of Sulaimaniya in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on July 19, 2020. - According to kurdish Iraqi Yoga instructor Muhammad Sherzade, an increasing number of people joined his classe since he established his school in the region in 2016, following the outbreak earlier this year of the coronavirus epidemic. (Photo by Shwan MOHAMMED / AFP)

Muhammad Sherzade, a Kurdish Iraqi yoga instructor, guides a group of men and women during a meditation session on Mount Azmar, which overlooks the northern city of Sulaimaniya in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on July 19, 2020. - According to Sherzade, an increasing number of people joined his classe since he established his school in the region in 2016, following the outbreak earlier this year of the coronavirus epidemic. (Photo by Shwan MOHAMMED / AFP)

Kurdish Iraqi men and women perform a headstand as they practice yoga on Mount Azmar, which overlooks the northern city of Sulaimaniya in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on July 19, 2020. - According to kurdish Iraqi Yoga instructor Muhammad Sherzade, an increasing number of people joined his classe since he established his school in the region in 2016, following the outbreak earlier this year of the coronavirus epidemic. (Photo by Shwan MOHAMMED / AFP)

Kurdish Iraqi men and women practice yoga on Mount Azmar, which overlooks the northern city of Sulaimaniya in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on July 19, 2020. - According to kurdish Iraqi Yoga instructor Muhammad Sherzade, an increasing number of people joined his classe since he established his school in the region in 2016, following the outbreak earlier this year of the coronavirus epidemic. (Photo by Shwan MOHAMMED / AFP)